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oscar pistorius, a double amputee, invited cnn's robyn curnow into the house a few years ago and showed her his prosthetic legs. >> i was missing the fibula, which was the back bone in your leg. >> later, pictures of him as a child, always adventurous, daring. these show him water skiing, scuba diving, and quad driving with prosthetics. it was somewhere in this home that pistorius allegedly fired a pistol, killing steenkamp. bullets hit her in her head and arm. her family is grief stricken. >> sheer loved people. she loved everybody. such a devastating shock that her whole life, what she could achieve, never came to fulfillment, and i just say she's with the angels, and that's about all i can say to you folks. >> police say there were previous allegations of trouble in the home. his agent tells cnn pistorius rejects the murder accusations in the strongest terms. oscar pistorius isn't talking tonight. but last year, he did sit down with piers. and the conversation was revealing. as you'll see, very surprising. here's piers' interview with the athlete, now accused of murder. >> oscar pist
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we're going to go to robyn curncurn curnow. she has been in court for our early morning, but her afternoon. walk us through how the bail hearing went. >> reporter: i missed the last part of your question there. but i'll go ahead and talk. a very dramatic, quite sad, overwrought morning. a court that fits 60 people and about 150 were jammed in there. hot, steamy, and you could feel the tension and pressure as different sides argued over whether it was war anted to charge him with premeditated murder. throughout the process, oscar pistorius was not coping well. every so often he would burst into tears, sob. a colleague of mine inside the court says he is crying and heaving, hyper ventilating so much that the magistrate has had to tell him to literally calmdown, give him five minutes and told him to get himself together. he can't afford to have this adjourned all the time. very emotional scene. oscar's family putting their hand on him. they can touch him over the chairs from where they are sitting. is he in a lot of trouble, and t
we're going to go to robyn curncurn curnow. she has been in court for our early morning, but her afternoon. walk us through how the bail hearing went. >> reporter: i missed the last part of your question there. but i'll go ahead and talk. a very dramatic, quite sad, overwrought morning. a court that fits 60 people and about 150 were jammed in there. hot, steamy, and you could feel the tension and pressure as different sides argued over whether it was war anted to charge him with...
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here's robyn curnow with what she saw in court today. >> reporter: as oscar pistorius arrived for his bail hearing, his brother and family joined him to give support. journalists jostled to get inside the small courtroom. and officials seemed unable to cope with the huge media interest. and outside a group of protesters called for an end to violence against women. but inside the court, the state argued and persuaded the magistrate that pistorius should be charged with premeditated murder. with our iphones and snatches of footage taken after the magistrate had left the court, we can show you just how startled, scared and lonely oscar pistorius looked. he cried or sobbed throughout the bail hearing despite the presence of his family. pistorius looked so different from this confident athlete who broke stereotype to run in the olympics despite being a double amputee. he continued to break down when his legal team read out an affidavit. this is a shortened version of pistorius' side of the story. i woke up, went to the balcony to bring the fan in and close the sliding doors. i heard a nois
here's robyn curnow with what she saw in court today. >> reporter: as oscar pistorius arrived for his bail hearing, his brother and family joined him to give support. journalists jostled to get inside the small courtroom. and officials seemed unable to cope with the huge media interest. and outside a group of protesters called for an end to violence against women. but inside the court, the state argued and persuaded the magistrate that pistorius should be charged with premeditated murder....
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curnow, following the case from johannesburg. you take a look at the affidavit here and there are inconsistencies when he talks about this case. michael bringing up a specific one about kicking the door down but he didn't have his legs. that he was in one place of the house, that he screamed out his girlfriend's name, didn't hear anything but it seems like she would answer if in fact she was in the bathroom. did you see anything wrong with this story? >> it's just -- it's loaded with inconsistencies. i mean, first of all he gets out of bed to close the door to the balcony. presumably he doesn't have a gun on him at that point. he has to go back underneath the bed to get his gun. by that time, why wouldn't he have seen his girlfriend in the bed if she were there? if she wasn't there, of course he would know she was in the bathroom. when you get to the bathroom, why is the door locked? why does he have to knock the door in? it sounds more like you have a girlfriend fleeing to the bathroom, locking herself inside and maybe an angry
curnow, following the case from johannesburg. you take a look at the affidavit here and there are inconsistencies when he talks about this case. michael bringing up a specific one about kicking the door down but he didn't have his legs. that he was in one place of the house, that he screamed out his girlfriend's name, didn't hear anything but it seems like she would answer if in fact she was in the bathroom. did you see anything wrong with this story? >> it's just -- it's loaded with...
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cnn's robyn curnow was in the courtroom today. she's "outfront" in johannsburg tonight. robyn, let me ask you about the testosterone first. there's been a lot of talk about that speculation, about whether he could have been on testosterone or steroids and this could have been some sort of a roid rage. how did the defense respond to the prosecution talking about those boxes of prosecution? >> they kind of took down the investigating officer quite quickly, because they said to him in this quite amusing exchange for the court as they watched it, they said, well, how do you know this is testosterone? and the investigating officer said, well, i just read the label. and he said, well, have you had it tested yet? and he said, no, no, not yet, we're still testing the substance. and oscar pistorius's lawyer said, if you went to any pharmacist, you could have found this is a herbal medication. >> let's talk about the other claim that could potentially be damning. the prosecutor says they have witnesses who heard nonstop shouting that appeared to be coming from the pistorius home.
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robyn curnow has the details. >> reporter: more riveting details on what prosecutors say what happened valentine's day morning and counter charges from the defense. according to prosecutors, witnesses heard arguing coming from the pistorius home for an hour before the shooting. the defense saying the witness's house was 300 meters, about 1,000 feet away. on the stand officers said he used a cricket bat to break down the bathroom door. that bat and the cell phone found splattered in blood. the officers said pistorius aimed his gun tu toilet pointing out that he had to turn and fire at an angle to hit the toilet. a witness heard a gunshot and then heard a female scream, then more gunshots. the defense say no female screamed. defense attorneys pressed the police officer who admitted that steenkamp's body had no signs of assault or signs of her defending herself. the officer on seeding he could find nothing wrong with oscar's version of the events. he thought he was shooting at an intruder. prosecutors say they found bullets in the safe at home and will lead to charges of illegal ammunitio
robyn curnow has the details. >> reporter: more riveting details on what prosecutors say what happened valentine's day morning and counter charges from the defense. according to prosecutors, witnesses heard arguing coming from the pistorius home for an hour before the shooting. the defense saying the witness's house was 300 meters, about 1,000 feet away. on the stand officers said he used a cricket bat to break down the bathroom door. that bat and the cell phone found splattered in blood....
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paul, let me start with you, as robyn curnow was reading from the affidavit, you know, his sequence of events was, thought there was an intruder, moved towards the bathroom, screamed at the intruder, then he shot, then he told reeva to call police, then he realized she wasn't in the bed. at that point you would think at some point she would have screamed because she was shot at, she would have responded to what he said. does his version add up? >> when i look at something like this, i have tried cases, homicide cases as a prosecutor and defense attorney, i always look for something that just doesn't make sense. the one thing that really doesn't make sense here is every couple has been through this moment, this bump in the night moment when you think maybe somebody's just come in downstairs. what's the usual scenario? the husband or the male, i don't mean to be sexist about this, goes out, sometimes with a gun if he has one, maybe with a baseball bat, but he grabs something and makes sure the woman in his life is safe, and then he goes to encounter the burglar. what happens in this case
paul, let me start with you, as robyn curnow was reading from the affidavit, you know, his sequence of events was, thought there was an intruder, moved towards the bathroom, screamed at the intruder, then he shot, then he told reeva to call police, then he realized she wasn't in the bed. at that point you would think at some point she would have screamed because she was shot at, she would have responded to what he said. does his version add up? >> when i look at something like this, i...
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robyn curnow reports. >> reporter: a police van takes oscar pistorius back to his cell where he'll be spending his seventh night behind bar. the south african's athlete's uncle says he's struggling emotionally. >> he's grieving and i don't expect him to get over it even soon. so he's still in an emotionally tough time. >> reporter: in court, meanwhile at pistorius's bail hearing, more riveting details about what prosecutors say happened on valentine's day, when pistorius shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. it was a version of events counted vigorously by his defense team. prosecutors say witnesses heard arguments coming from the pistorius home for an hour before the shooting. the defense argues, the witness's house was 300 meters, about a thousand feet away. pistorius's lawyers say, he thought he was shooting at an intruder in the bathroom. taking the stand, investigating officers say pistorius used a cricket back to break down the bathroom door. the bat and the cellphone were found splattered with blood. using a diagram projected at a large screen, the officers said pistorius aimed
robyn curnow reports. >> reporter: a police van takes oscar pistorius back to his cell where he'll be spending his seventh night behind bar. the south african's athlete's uncle says he's struggling emotionally. >> he's grieving and i don't expect him to get over it even soon. so he's still in an emotionally tough time. >> reporter: in court, meanwhile at pistorius's bail hearing, more riveting details about what prosecutors say happened on valentine's day, when pistorius shot...
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oscar pistorius, a double amputee, invited cnn's robyn curnow into the house a few years ago and showed her his prosthetic legs. >> i was missing the fibula, which was the back bone in your leg. >> later, pictures of him as a child, always adventurous, daring. these show him water skiing, scuba diving, and quad driving with prosthetics. it was somewhere in this home that pistorius allegedly fired a pistol, killing steenkamp. bullets hit her in her head and arm. her family is grief stricken. >> sheer loved people. she loved everybody. such a devastating shock that her whole life, what she could achieve, never came to fulfillment, and i just say she's with the angels, and that's about all i can say to you folks. >> police say there were previous allegations of trouble in the home. his agent tells cnn pistorius rejects the murder accusations in the strongest terms. oscar pistorius isn't talking tonight. but last year, he did sit down with piers. and the conversation was revealing. as you'll see, very surprising. here's piers' interview with the athlete, now accused of murder. >> oscar pist
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. >> cnn's robyn curnow is in johannesburg with more. very emotional scenes both at >> hi there, piers. we did hear from oscar pistorius his version of events, his story. it's all here in this 11-page affidavit where he paints a picture of being fearful of terror of horror of an intruder coming into his house. the defense arguing that he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder and that's why he shot at her. however, for the state, they say that's no justification for shooting somebody through a bathroom door. they say this was premeditated murder. they managed to convince the magistrate who agreed with them, which makes his bail hearing even more difficult. the onus now is on his defense team tomorrow in that court to prove exceptional circumstances, that he deserves bail and, of course, many people watching with great interest because oscar pistorius is a hero in this country. and they desperately want to believe this version of events. but as was said in court today, facts are facts. and it doesn't look that good, if you look at it as a
. >> cnn's robyn curnow is in johannesburg with more. very emotional scenes both at >> hi there, piers. we did hear from oscar pistorius his version of events, his story. it's all here in this 11-page affidavit where he paints a picture of being fearful of terror of horror of an intruder coming into his house. the defense arguing that he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder and that's why he shot at her. however, for the state, they say that's no justification for shooting...
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this is difficult times and strenuous times for oscar >> robyn curnow, thank you very historians, back to you. much. >>> we'll turn to a man who knows oscar pistorius very well. he's a u.s. paralympian who competed against pistorius in the 400 meter individual. he said that he was right behind him with silver and he joins me now. i would imagine everyone in the world of paralympics and indeed olympians all over the world are in a sense of complete and utter shock. what's your reaction to what's happened? >> yes, thanks for having me. like you said, complete shock. knowing oscar and competing with him for the past couple, three years. this is something i wouldn't relate him to. so when i heard the allegations and i heard him in the situation, i was in complete shock. i truly was. >> you've described oscar as a role model, a mentor, an inspiration and a brother. do you still feel the same way given everything we now know? >> yes. because i can only relate to the times i spent with him. and the times i spent with him, he went out of his way to help me out. even though we was competitor, h
this is difficult times and strenuous times for oscar >> robyn curnow, thank you very historians, back to you. much. >>> we'll turn to a man who knows oscar pistorius very well. he's a u.s. paralympian who competed against pistorius in the 400 meter individual. he said that he was right behind him with silver and he joins me now. i would imagine everyone in the world of paralympics and indeed olympians all over the world are in a sense of complete and utter shock. what's your...
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robyn curnow in south africa. thanks for the report. >>> meanwhile, 500 miles away from pretoria, family and friends of the killed reeva steenkamp gathered to attend her funeral in port elizabeth. her brother, adam, said, quote, there's a space missing inside all the people she knew that can not be filled again. reeva steenkamp was 29 years old. you should tune in tonight, because before oscar pistorius was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, he talked to piers morgan. see the interview and watch it at 9:00 p.m. >>> check the news from around the world, a u.s. computer security firm claim this is building is where china's army carries out extensive hacking against the u.s. government. corporations and scores and scores of other organization around the world. china calls the report baseless, irresponsible, also unprofessional. >>> in belle jam, eight bold thieves pulled off a $50 million diamond heist. they drove two cars on to the tarmac of the brussel airport and swiped the diamonds from a jet liner. it to
robyn curnow in south africa. thanks for the report. >>> meanwhile, 500 miles away from pretoria, family and friends of the killed reeva steenkamp gathered to attend her funeral in port elizabeth. her brother, adam, said, quote, there's a space missing inside all the people she knew that can not be filled again. reeva steenkamp was 29 years old. you should tune in tonight, because before oscar pistorius was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, he talked to piers morgan. see the...
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cnn's robyn curnow is outside the court in pretoria south africa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning and what a difference a day makes. you know, yesterday i was telling you how oscar pistorius was at times inconsolable, physically falling over, crying, sobbing. today he was more, well, centered. he seemed to be more in control of himself. he was sitting upright, not bent over. you got a sense that even though he was still scared and perhaps lonely, he was a little bit more confident and with good reason. because it did seem like his defense team discredited even weakened the state's argument against him. take a look at this. more riveting details on what prosecutors say happened that valentine's day morning and counter charges. according to prosecutors witnesses heard arguing coming from the pistorius home for an hour before the shooting. the defense saying the witnesses's house was 300 meters, about 1,000 feet away. on the stand investigators say pistorius used a cricket bat to break down the bathroom door. that bat and a cell phone found spl
cnn's robyn curnow is outside the court in pretoria south africa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning and what a difference a day makes. you know, yesterday i was telling you how oscar pistorius was at times inconsolable, physically falling over, crying, sobbing. today he was more, well, centered. he seemed to be more in control of himself. he was sitting upright, not bent over. you got a sense that even though he was still scared and perhaps lonely, he was a little bit more confident...
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joining me from johannesburg, south africa, robyn curnow. there are reports that security guards found pistorius desperately trying to revive steenkamp, but what more can you tell us about that, robyn? >> there's still a lot of doubts as to what exactly happened that night. although that is indeed one of the reports, and i think there were quite a lot of people at one stage who made their way into that house. and we do know, according to officials close to the investigation, that oscar had carried her down those stairs. i have been in the house. they are white tiled stairs. we also know from other sources that there was a lot of blood. that's why police seem to think she know she was alive at that time. because she was bleeding so heavily as she was carrying her down. the thought he was trying to revive her at the bottom of the stairs, it's highly plausible, absolutely. >> the other question involves pistorius reportedly making a call at 4:00 a.m. on the night that steenkamp died. what do we know about that? what's that all about? >> well, i
joining me from johannesburg, south africa, robyn curnow. there are reports that security guards found pistorius desperately trying to revive steenkamp, but what more can you tell us about that, robyn? >> there's still a lot of doubts as to what exactly happened that night. although that is indeed one of the reports, and i think there were quite a lot of people at one stage who made their way into that house. and we do know, according to officials close to the investigation, that oscar...
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. >> robyn curnow is joining us now. take us inside the courtroom today. apparently oscar pistorius was a lot more composed today than he has been the last two days, is that right? >> reporter: absolutely. he was not so inconsolable when reeva's name was mentioned, when words like murder were read out in court. he didn't just collapse in tears as i saw him in court yesterday. >> it sounds as if the police investigators may have botched some key aspects of the investigation. is this something that happens often in south africa? generally how reliable is the police force there? >> bungled, botched, messed up. i don't know what kind of words you want to use, but it's common. i mean, i'm sorry to say it. even in this case, we heard from the investigating officer that he didn't wear protective shoe covers when he went into the house after the shooting. so essentially he just contaminated the entire crime scene. and another example in terms of bad detective work, in this case particularly, they said initially oscar pistorius was a flight risk, that they didn't w
. >> robyn curnow is joining us now. take us inside the courtroom today. apparently oscar pistorius was a lot more composed today than he has been the last two days, is that right? >> reporter: absolutely. he was not so inconsolable when reeva's name was mentioned, when words like murder were read out in court. he didn't just collapse in tears as i saw him in court yesterday. >> it sounds as if the police investigators may have botched some key aspects of the investigation. is...
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we are joined live by robyn curnow in south africa. you told us yesterday he was practically falling apart during testimony. >> we have a cnn producer inside the courtroom. feeding me messages on my blackberry. he has definitely stopped crying, with good reason as his defense team has punched holes, hammered the investigating officer in terms of the evidence the state has. i was reading a tweet from a journalist colleague of mine in the court. she says something a senior investigators in a murder case should avoid saying at all costs is i don't have any facts. that's something he said. oscar's family have been smiling at times and a sense of general positivity and upbeatness at the moment. if you are one of oscar's supporters. >> robyn curnow in pretoria. we get a sense that tide was turned. yesterday he was practically heaving and they had to stop the proceedings for him to get a fwrip. now you hear the investigator, not only reversing himself or admitting things he didn't know, where he says i don't have facts. which in an american c
we are joined live by robyn curnow in south africa. you told us yesterday he was practically falling apart during testimony. >> we have a cnn producer inside the courtroom. feeding me messages on my blackberry. he has definitely stopped crying, with good reason as his defense team has punched holes, hammered the investigating officer in terms of the evidence the state has. i was reading a tweet from a journalist colleague of mine in the court. she says something a senior investigators in...
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joining us now is robyn curnow, in south africa. what is the latest, robyn? >> hi there. this much we know. oscar pistorious will be formally charged with murder on friday morning, tomorrow, south african time. he's going to spend the night in jail here after quite a tranlgic set of events today. what do we know, is that his girlfriend was shot dead, initial ll lly reports suggeste had mistaken her for being an intruder. the police recently come out and said they never said anything of the sort, that's not the line of questioning they're looking at and they've hinted at previous domestic disturbances at his house. either way, this is a tragedy, a 30-year-old model has lost her life and oscar pistorius, no doubt one of the most famous south africans out there spending the night in jail for her murder. >> there are witnesses and there was an interview this morning. >> neighbors? >> we're talking about neighbors that heard things that happened earlier in the evening and when the shooting took place. >> so you just heard a brief statement there from a police spokesperson spea
joining us now is robyn curnow, in south africa. what is the latest, robyn? >> hi there. this much we know. oscar pistorious will be formally charged with murder on friday morning, tomorrow, south african time. he's going to spend the night in jail here after quite a tranlgic set of events today. what do we know, is that his girlfriend was shot dead, initial ll lly reports suggeste had mistaken her for being an intruder. the police recently come out and said they never said anything of...
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good to see you, robyn. robyn curnow there in pretoria. extraordinary thing. >>> fighting an invisible enemy overseas. the u.s. is now preparing to do just that, unveiling a plan to take on hackers. they have been attacking american companies, stealing valuable information. >> the white house scheduled to release its battle plan this afternoon. we already know china is going to be the main focus of this cyber fight, and american cyber security firm, we told you about this yesterday, traced an entire hacking network to shanghai. not just to shanghai, to a building linked to the chinese military. david mckenzie went to that building where the hacking is reportedly taking place. >> reporter: driving in the northern part of shanghai, this is the hub of low tech industry, but it's allegedly also a high tech hub of corporate and potentially government espionage. the allegations come from a group called mandiant from the u.s. they say there are tens, if not hundreds of chinese hackers working in conjunction with the chinese government to hack int
good to see you, robyn. robyn curnow there in pretoria. extraordinary thing. >>> fighting an invisible enemy overseas. the u.s. is now preparing to do just that, unveiling a plan to take on hackers. they have been attacking american companies, stealing valuable information. >> the white house scheduled to release its battle plan this afternoon. we already know china is going to be the main focus of this cyber fight, and american cyber security firm, we told you about this...
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cnn's robyn curnow joins us with more. good morning, robyn. >> reporter: good morning. and it was that testimony, wasn't it, it was those words, it was that explanation that people have been waiting for since valentine's day, perhaps that small explanation at least allowing some south africans to hold onto hope that their icon was, indeed, telling the truth, that he thought that she was a burglar, that this was a terrible misunderstanding. this affidavit here that i'm holding in my hand paints a very emotional, sad, tragic picture of what happened to oscar, he says, that night. he didn't have his prosthetic legs on. he was scared, he was terrified, and reeva was in the toilet, which was apparently a separate room from the bathroom, and we did hear the state saying earlier on that it was just over a meter wide by a meter wide, and so she must have been terrified because these bullets were coming in this small space. there's nowhere she could have gone. whether or not he killed her deliberately as the state argues it was premeditated or he argues it was an absolutely trag
cnn's robyn curnow joins us with more. good morning, robyn. >> reporter: good morning. and it was that testimony, wasn't it, it was those words, it was that explanation that people have been waiting for since valentine's day, perhaps that small explanation at least allowing some south africans to hold onto hope that their icon was, indeed, telling the truth, that he thought that she was a burglar, that this was a terrible misunderstanding. this affidavit here that i'm holding in my hand...
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robyn curnow joins me now. these are startling revelations. fill us in. >> reporter: more twists and turns, more bizarre revelations. now this is the investigating officer who yesterday took to the stand and perhaps left the state's case looking a little bit red faced, losing a little bit of credibility because he essentially said on the witness stand he didn't see any inconsistencies in the statement. we hear this morning that he was facing charges of seven counts of attempted murder. the state has moved swiftly to sort of get him out of this case. he's been replaced, as you said, by the south african top detective. this is about saving face, the credibility of this case. and i think now that that particular investigating officer has nothing to do with the way the investigation is going to continue, i think oscar pistorius will continue to face some serious questions from the state's prosecutor. >> so the prosecution, robyn, said that today the steenkamp locked herself in the bathroom with the cell phone in fear. tell us what they're saying a
robyn curnow joins me now. these are startling revelations. fill us in. >> reporter: more twists and turns, more bizarre revelations. now this is the investigating officer who yesterday took to the stand and perhaps left the state's case looking a little bit red faced, losing a little bit of credibility because he essentially said on the witness stand he didn't see any inconsistencies in the statement. we hear this morning that he was facing charges of seven counts of attempted murder....
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. >> cnn's robyn curnow is covering the story from pretoria. i spoke with her just a short time ago. so, robyn, it's important to remember all of these new details are surfacing in a bail hearing. this is not a murder trial as yet. can you explain how the court system works had there, and what is in store for pistorius? >> reporter: well, this has been a bit of a trial within a trial, hasn't it? it's just a bail hearing, but we've been hearing all sorts of evidence from both sides. in fact, the state kind of laying their cards on the table. now that isn't surprising. that often happens here in south africa particularly with such a high profile and, of course, important case, premeditated murder, you know, is a very key and upon charge. so a lot of -- a lot to pull out and try to 0 defend that. in terms of the actual process, there might be a trial by the end of the year at the soonest, the south african court systems, there's backlogs, it's very slow. so they're going to try to hurry it up because it's obviously a high-profile case. you know, t
. >> cnn's robyn curnow is covering the story from pretoria. i spoke with her just a short time ago. so, robyn, it's important to remember all of these new details are surfacing in a bail hearing. this is not a murder trial as yet. can you explain how the court system works had there, and what is in store for pistorius? >> reporter: well, this has been a bit of a trial within a trial, hasn't it? it's just a bail hearing, but we've been hearing all sorts of evidence from both sides....
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we should also mention that robyn curnow has been inside the courtroom and says the magistrate is also asking could in fact the accused, oscar pistorius, orchestrate the crime scene, if you will, after the shooting, was that something that was possible to do, this is as this bail hearing continues. now the third day we know now that it will not be resolved, we will not know today if in fact oscar pistorius will get bail or not. lots more happening as well, that is not this particular case out of south africa and christine has that. >>> newly released 911 calls from a shooting and carjacking spree in orange county, kale ic california that left four people dead including the gun nan. 20-year-old aliyse shayed fatally shot and killed . >> police say sayed committed three carjackings, killing two drivers in the process. the rampage ended when he took his own life. he spent much of his time playing violent video games. >>> drew peterson expected to find out how long he'll be behind bars he was found guilty last year of killing his third wife. his defense team is making a last ditch request
we should also mention that robyn curnow has been inside the courtroom and says the magistrate is also asking could in fact the accused, oscar pistorius, orchestrate the crime scene, if you will, after the shooting, was that something that was possible to do, this is as this bail hearing continues. now the third day we know now that it will not be resolved, we will not know today if in fact oscar pistorius will get bail or not. lots more happening as well, that is not this particular case out...
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robyn curnow in the courthouse as this is developing. >> can i read a direct quote from the magistrate. he armed himself, the motive was he wanted to kill. that's the -- the state arguing that oscar pistorius in a planned and premeditated way shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. quite dramatic testimony coming from the state. they kind of laid out a little bit of the evidence they had. not all of it, and they said they didn't need to say very much. for them, the facts were facts. a very simple case. they were quite confident, i must say, in court. oscar had picked up his gun, put on his prosthetic legs, walked about seven meters to a bathroom where his girlfriend was locked inside, and he shot four bullets through there, as she was hit three times. now they said basically substituted premeditated murder. the magistrate agreeing with him, saying that the defense really didn't disprove their argument, and he is saying oscar pistorius has to face the higher charges. now has to be exceptional circumstances proved by the defense. if he's even to get bail. >> so right now, the magistrate bro
robyn curnow in the courthouse as this is developing. >> can i read a direct quote from the magistrate. he armed himself, the motive was he wanted to kill. that's the -- the state arguing that oscar pistorius in a planned and premeditated way shot his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. quite dramatic testimony coming from the state. they kind of laid out a little bit of the evidence they had. not all of it, and they said they didn't need to say very much. for them, the facts were facts. a very...
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. >> robyn curnow, thank you very much. live in johannesburg for us. >>> new details in the manhunt for christopher dorner. it turns out dorner may have been hiding in plain sight in nearby resort condo for days, just a few steps from a police command post. the unit belonged to jim and karen reynolds. they say it was them, not their housekeepers, who were taken hostage and tied up. listen to them describe what it was like when they walked in and encountered dorner. >> he jumped out and hollered, stay calm and karen turned and ran and he came after her. he caught her about the door. >> on the staircase. >> on the staircase. he brought her back. >> he had the gun drawn the whole time. >> he had the gun drawn showing the whole time. >> did you know it was him? >> yes. yes. >> he talked to us, trying to calm us down, saying frequently he would not kill us. >> he had plastic ties, great big tie wraps or something. he made us put you are our hands behind our back, tied our hands and made us walk back to the back bedroom back ther
. >> robyn curnow, thank you very much. live in johannesburg for us. >>> new details in the manhunt for christopher dorner. it turns out dorner may have been hiding in plain sight in nearby resort condo for days, just a few steps from a police command post. the unit belonged to jim and karen reynolds. they say it was them, not their housekeepers, who were taken hostage and tied up. listen to them describe what it was like when they walked in and encountered dorner. >> he...
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robyn curnow from south africa. probably tomorrow. >>> shocking video shows two little girls brawling. the worst part, it sounds like adults are encouraging them. racd a new role. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits and pensions for over 11 million employees. reducing document costs by up to 30%... and processing $421 billion dollars in accounts payables each year. helping thousands of companies simplify how work gets done. how's that for an encore? with xerox, you're ready for real business. two. three. my credit card rewards are easy to remember with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ both ] 2% back on groceries. [ all ] 3% on gas. no hoops to jump through. i earn more cash back on the things i buy the most. [ woman ] it's as easy as... one! -two. -[ all ] three! [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. apply online or at a bank of america near you. >>> 17 minutes past
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robyn curnow, thank you. we appreciate you watching the late-breaking events. we will be joined by paul callan. >>> here at home. firemen and cadaver dogs combing the rubble of a restaurant that exploded and burned to the ground overnight. happened at country club plaza, a popular shopping district. people living nearby say that the guess explosion felt like thunder, field like an earthquake. more than a dozen people injured. ted roux lands live in kansas city what are they saying about this explosion? >> reporter: well, john, they said there was thankfully some warning because of the smell of gas. they have suspended the search for the two missing people. they say that they are going to bring in heavy equipment later this morning, as soon as the sun comes up, but, quite frankly, overnight, too dangerous to continue. the unfortunate thing this is not a recovery mission for people that they believe survived. they are looking for bodies. >> the explosion, which witnesses say could be felt block as way instantly engulfed j.j.'s restaurant, sending debris, includin
robyn curnow, thank you. we appreciate you watching the late-breaking events. we will be joined by paul callan. >>> here at home. firemen and cadaver dogs combing the rubble of a restaurant that exploded and burned to the ground overnight. happened at country club plaza, a popular shopping district. people living nearby say that the guess explosion felt like thunder, field like an earthquake. more than a dozen people injured. ted roux lands live in kansas city what are they saying...
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cnn's robyn curnow is following this from south africa. robyn so many confusing things are coming out of this. is it true that police are alleging that he shot her through a bathroom door? >> reporter: lots of things to talk about. you've just been running that story about a meteorite hitting. for many people here in pretoria, across south africa it meals like a bombshell has hit. people are still very much reeling from this information, from the story, this valentine's tragedy. it's everywhere in this country, and like you say, there is still a lot of confusion, still a lot of rumors, a lot of speculation about what happened in oscar pistorius' house valentine's morning. there he is, his girlfriend shot dead. we understand from media reports she had full bullet wounds, where she was found, where her body was found one newspaper saying it was found in a body and that there were bullets going through the door of the path room, and another newspaper, though, contradicting that saying her body was found downstairs so i think we've got to be v
cnn's robyn curnow is following this from south africa. robyn so many confusing things are coming out of this. is it true that police are alleging that he shot her through a bathroom door? >> reporter: lots of things to talk about. you've just been running that story about a meteorite hitting. for many people here in pretoria, across south africa it meals like a bombshell has hit. people are still very much reeling from this information, from the story, this valentine's tragedy. it's...
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robyn curnow is in johannesburg. what more are we learning both about the blood stained cricket bat and the final moments of this tragic event? >> reporter: first of all, it is just amazing how everybody is united in shock over this, isn't it? it has been such a stunning story across the world and more so here in south africa where oscar was such a hero. let me give you some idea, paint you a picture of what we believe where reeva steenkamp's last moments. we know according to an official close to the investigation that she was there to spend the night. they found her overnight bag and an ipad. we also know according to the same official she was shot four times through a closed bathroom door, and that oscar then carried her downstairs and she was still alive. now, this cricket bat, this bloodied cricket bat is the one piece of evidence we cannot corroborate from our sources. this is based, i must stress, on local media speculation. but there is this cricket bat element, bloodied. what was it used for? well, there are
robyn curnow is in johannesburg. what more are we learning both about the blood stained cricket bat and the final moments of this tragic event? >> reporter: first of all, it is just amazing how everybody is united in shock over this, isn't it? it has been such a stunning story across the world and more so here in south africa where oscar was such a hero. let me give you some idea, paint you a picture of what we believe where reeva steenkamp's last moments. we know according to an official...
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robyn curnow, we really appreciate it. you can learn a lot more about the victim, reeva steenkamp's best friend is among tonight's guest on erin burnett's "outfront" at 7:00 p.m. eastern after "the situation room." >>> right now there are people in a major winter storm. 20% of the population will feel some effects. emergencies have been declared across kansas and missouri and a number of major cities could see record-breaking snow and ice. let's get the very latest on the storm from cnn meteorologist karen maginnis. >> kansas, nebraska, and portions of arkansas, missouri have seen snow, sleet, and ice. on top of that we're looking at fairly gusty winds. big thunderstorms now erupting across the southeast and the gulf coast states. there is a tornado watch that goes until 7:00 p.m. local time and several perishes where they have tornado warnings. very interesting weather system meet logically speaking with the snow, the sleet, the freezing rain and eruption of the big storms across the southeast. it has impacted a number of
robyn curnow, we really appreciate it. you can learn a lot more about the victim, reeva steenkamp's best friend is among tonight's guest on erin burnett's "outfront" at 7:00 p.m. eastern after "the situation room." >>> right now there are people in a major winter storm. 20% of the population will feel some effects. emergencies have been declared across kansas and missouri and a number of major cities could see record-breaking snow and ice. let's get the very latest...
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brooke, back to you. >> robyn curnow, thank you very much. >>> just within the last half hour, president obama's plane has touched down in chicago. his former stomping grounds. here he is, on his left, rahm emanuel, chicago's mayor, the president's former chief of staff. the president will be speaking within the next half hour. he will address chicago's recent history of gun violence, 506 murders last year alone. the mayor says the president has something to say to chicago. >> given the lion's share of the victims and the perpetrators are young african-american men, who better to have that discussion than the president of the united states who has repeatedly talked about fathering and the role of fathering. >> and we will bring you live coverage of the president's speech set for 3:40 eastern time. tonight, anderson cooper, 360, live from chicago with much more here, reaction on the president's plan to curb gun violence. "360" tonight on cnn. >>> can you say anthony weiner? remember congressman wiener, the outspoken new york democrat, resigned his seat in congress amid a social media sex
brooke, back to you. >> robyn curnow, thank you very much. >>> just within the last half hour, president obama's plane has touched down in chicago. his former stomping grounds. here he is, on his left, rahm emanuel, chicago's mayor, the president's former chief of staff. the president will be speaking within the next half hour. he will address chicago's recent history of gun violence, 506 murders last year alone. the mayor says the president has something to say to chicago....
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>> robyn curnow reporting live from south africa. >>> an idaho man out of a job this morning after being accused of slapping a crying toddler and using a racial slur while aboard a delta flight. joe ricky hundley charged with assaulting a minor after the february 8th flight. on sunday, the idaho aerospace defense company where he worked says he is no longer employed. >> reporter: jonah bennett is 19 months old, and a curious, ordinary toddler. but what allegedly happened on a february 8th flight from minneapolis was far from ordinary. jessica bennett says she and her president doed son were on delta flight 721 to atlanta in seat 28b. next to them in seat 28a was this man, joe ricky hundley of hayden, idaho. >> he was just being rude and belligerent, and i felt very uncomfortable. >> reporter: she says she even left her seat and stood in the back of the plane holding jonah for much of the flight. but she had to sit back down for landing in atlanta. because of the altitude change, jonah was uncomfortable and crying. then it got ugly. >> i was having trouble comforting him, and that's when
>> robyn curnow reporting live from south africa. >>> an idaho man out of a job this morning after being accused of slapping a crying toddler and using a racial slur while aboard a delta flight. joe ricky hundley charged with assaulting a minor after the february 8th flight. on sunday, the idaho aerospace defense company where he worked says he is no longer employed. >> reporter: jonah bennett is 19 months old, and a curious, ordinary toddler. but what allegedly happened on...
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cnn's robyn curnow is joining us from johannasberg, south africa. the prosecutor's laid out their plan. how did they do? >> reporter: it was like a roller coaster. i felt like i was watching a television drama. initially when the prosecutor laid out their case, they gave damning evidence and found two boxes of testosterone and syringes in his house. by the time the defense came in after lunch, bit by bit they ripped apart the state's evidence and unravelled quite spectacularly at one stage because there was quite an interesting exchange between oscar pistorius' lawyers and the investigating officer and he said, well, how do you know this is testosterone? have you tested it yet? and he said, no, i just read the label on the box. and he said, if you had gone to any pharmacy or any chemist, would you know that this is a herbal medicine. that's the kind of interchange taking place. also, the investigating officer really looking quite red-faced by the end of his stint. he admitted that he he didn't wear protective foot covers or shoe covers when he he wa
cnn's robyn curnow is joining us from johannasberg, south africa. the prosecutor's laid out their plan. how did they do? >> reporter: it was like a roller coaster. i felt like i was watching a television drama. initially when the prosecutor laid out their case, they gave damning evidence and found two boxes of testosterone and syringes in his house. by the time the defense came in after lunch, bit by bit they ripped apart the state's evidence and unravelled quite spectacularly at one...
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robyn curnow. thank you very much. >>> here is christine rom answers with top stories. >> reporter: gas prices going up 32 days in a row. 1.6 cent increase overnight, sending the national average for a gallon of unleaded to $3.73 per gallon. hikes creating a lot of misery with americans dealing with home heating bills rising and shrinking paychecks thanks to the payroll tax cuts expiring. in new york city or chicago, expect to see $4 a gallon earlier this year than ever before. >>> the man behind the bombing of the world trade center in 1994 is asking for a break. ram ramzi yousef is lifting a life sentence and is not able to communicate with the rest of the world. his lawyer is asking for a lifting of that restriction. >>> a leather bomber jacket owned by president john f. kennedy has sold for $570,000. this belonged to late david powers, the identity of the winning bidder has not been revealed. and john berman has not said whether he's in or not. >> i have a jacket already. it's not $500,000. let
robyn curnow. thank you very much. >>> here is christine rom answers with top stories. >> reporter: gas prices going up 32 days in a row. 1.6 cent increase overnight, sending the national average for a gallon of unleaded to $3.73 per gallon. hikes creating a lot of misery with americans dealing with home heating bills rising and shrinking paychecks thanks to the payroll tax cuts expiring. in new york city or chicago, expect to see $4 a gallon earlier this year than ever before....